CVAT vs Pixano
CVAT
cvat.aiPixano
pixano.cea.frSide by side
| Figure | CVAT | Pixano |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.92/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 0 |
| Spec score · Image Annotation Software | 8.4 (#5) | 7.6 (#18) |
| Spec score · AI Image Annotation Tools | 8.4 (#5) | 7.6 (#15) |
| Deployment | CVAT is offered as a managed cloud service or as a self-hosted deployment, including on-premises and air-gapped options. | The maker documents installation with pip in a Python virtual environment and official Docker releases. |
| Founded | 2022 | 2020 |
| Purpose | CVAT turns raw images, video, 3D data, and audio into labeled datasets for AI workflows. | Pixano is an open-source tool for exploring and annotating computer vision datasets. |
| Support | Enterprise Basic includes 24-hour email support with a 24-hour response SLA and a private helpdesk channel for urgent critical issues. | The project README directs users to its Getting Started guide and contributing guide for usage and contribution information. |
Plans
CVAT
- CommunityFree
- CVAT Online FreeFree
- CVAT Online Solo Yearly$23 a year
- CVAT Online Team Yearly$23 a year
- CVAT Online Solo Monthly$33 a month
- CVAT Online Team Monthly$33 a month
- Enterprise Basic$12,000 a year
- Enterprise PremiumPriced on request
In their own words
CVAT
CVAT turns images, video, 3D data and audio into labeled datasets for AI workflows. Its annotation tools include boxes, masks, polygons, keypoints, skeletons and object tracks, with additional listed types such as cuboids, ellipses and tags. Teams can review jobs through validation and acceptance stages and assess quality using ground truth, honeypots and consensus workflows. Storage connections include Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, compatible buckets and self-hosted storage. CVAT names SAM 2, SAM 3, Ultralytics, Hugging Face and custom models as labeling aids. It exports to more than 20 formats, including COCO, YOLO, KITTI, Cityscapes and Pascal VOC, and offers API, SDK and CLI automation. Deployment can be managed in the cloud or self-hosted, including on-premises and air-gapped options. Free plans are available; online paid plans start at $23/user/mo billed annually. CVAT lists security controls but says it does not hold ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certifications.
Pixano
Pixano is a free, open-source tool for exploring and annotating computer-vision datasets, including collections of text, images, and video. Its annotation tools cover boxes, polygons, pixel masks, keypoints, cuboids, classification, and tracking; video labels can be propagated across time. Smart features include semantic search using models such as CLIP and segmentation using models such as SAM. Dataset formats such as COCO can be imported and exported, and Pixano uses Lance storage for dataset navigation. Its reusable Web Components can be assembled into custom apps. Pixano documents REST and Python APIs, along with Pixano Inference, a Ray Serve-based inference server with a Python client and REST API. Installation options documented by the project are pip in a Python virtual environment or an official Docker image. The supported Python range is 3.10 or later and earlier than 3.14. Pixano is licensed under CeCILL-C and is under active development, so its API may change. Three-dimensional point-cloud support is described as planned.